Flange oiler



May 18, 1948.

Filed April 16, 1946 w. E. BURRELL 2,441,685

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FLANGE OILER I Filed April 16, 1946 i2 sheets-sheet 2 JZ VENTOP QVCZJZCZ? Blur/2646 A Tram/Ev Patented May 18, 1948 UNITED STATES PATEIFI'T' OFFICE FLANGE OILER William E. 'Burrell, Portland, Oreg. Application Apr-ll 1-6, 1946, SerialNo. 662,510 v 3'Cla'ims. (01.1-84.4)

This invention relates generally to vehicles intended to operate on tracks and particularly to a flange oiler.

The main object of this invention is to provide a convenient means whereby the flanges of a wheel may be properly lubricated without any danger of excessive lubrication and in, which the oiling takes place only while the vehicle is in motion.

The second object is to avoid the necessity of ufrequent manual oiling of :the flanges and the resultant where occasioned bysuch oilings.

I accomplish these and other objects in a manner set forth in the following specification as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a side elevation of the device, showing its relation to a wheel flange.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the device taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a section taken along the line 33 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the device with removed.

Fig. 5 is a section taken along the line 5-5 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a section taken along the line 6-6 in Fig. 3.

Similar numbers of reference refer to the same or similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring in detail to the drawings there is shown a cylindrical container l0, revolvably mounted on the floor plate I l, which is supported by a bracket [2, upon the vehicle Whose wheel flanges are to be oiled. Extending vertically through the floor plate I I, are the parallel tubes l4, whose adjacent lower ends are slotted to receive the teeth l6, of the sprocket wheel ll, mounted on the shaft [8, which is supported by the cross bars 19 and 20, which are attached to the tubular members I5.

The sprocket wheel I1, is provided with clutch teeth 2|, which mesh with teeth on the sliding clutch collar 22, mounted on the square portion 23, of the shaft l8, while the exterior of the collar 22, journals in the cross bar 20. A hub 24, of an operating lever 25, is secured to the shaft I8, by means of a pin 26. A spring 21,

the cover encircles the shaft l8, between the members 22 and 24 and urges the clutch collar 22, into eng agement with the teeth 2|. The teeth 2| are in ratchet form and their purpose is to permit a rocking motion of the lever 25, to rotate the sprocket wheel l1, intermittently in one direction.

- The lever 25, isprovided witha pluralityoi holes 28, in any one of which may be placed the connecting rod pin 29, whose rod-30, may be operated from any suitable crank or eccentric motion (not shown). 7

The lever'125, is alsoprovided with a bolt 3|, on whichismounted the roller 32, whose surface 33., is preferably rounded as shown. The roller 32, occupies a.s'lot .34, the plate 35., whichis'secured to the container Ill, by .meansof the bolts 36.

purpose of imparting ajlimited rotatingmotion to the container 'llL'in order to prevent a path being worn through the lubricant, while the clutch collar 22, imparts a rotary motion to the sprocket wheel l1.

The outersides of the lower ends l5, of the tubes l4, have mounted thereon the rollers 3'1, for reasons which will become apparent later.

Secured across the tubes I4, above the floor plate II, are the bars 38, through which extends the bolt 39, upon which is mounted the grooved roller 40.

The upper ends 4|, of the tubes [4, are provided with slots 42, in which are mounted the semi-circular shoes 43-.

A block chain 44, passes around the roller 40, then upwardly and outwardly over the shoes 43, and then downwardly through the tubes l4 into the mesh teeth l6, of the sprocket wheel ll, past the rollers 31, to form a loop 45, and it is this loop 4 5, which engages the flange [-3 it is desired to oil. It is desired to provide a friction cover 46, for the container l0 and attach same thereto by means of a chain 41, to prevent the loss thereof.

The operation of the device is as follows:

When mounted on a vehicle having flanged wheels in a manner that the loop 45 will rest gently against the flange l3 and with the connecting rod joined to some reciprocating part which moves only while the wheel flange l3 moves. It can be seen that a movement of the rod 30, will cause two things to take place. One, a partial rotation of the container I0, and the other, a gradual movement of the chain 44, from the bottom of the container III to the flange l3, and then back to the container l0, thereby carrying the desired lubricant to the flange only while the flange i3, is turning. It is highly important not to overlubricate a flange or wheel and that the lubrication take place only while in motion, and it is for this purpose that the device has been constructed in the manner illustrated and suitable The mechanism thus fardescribe'di is for the only when consumed by the flange l3. That is,

to say, when the flange is standing still, the chain 44, is not moving and therefore, there is no feed ing action.

I claim:

1. A flange oiler for vehicle wheels consisting" of a floor plate adapted to be mounted upon the.

vehicle, a cylindrical container mounted on said floor plate, capable of a limited rotation with relation thereto, means for moving said cylindrical container on said floor plate, a pair of vertical tubes extending through said floor plate toward the top of said container and below the bottom thereof, a sprocketwheel mounted below said floor plate, extending into both of saidtubes, an idler pulley mounted within said container between said tubes, shoes at the upper ends of said tubes adjacent to each other, a chain passing around said pulley over said shoes and down through said tubes engaging said sprocket wheel and forming a free hanging loop below the bottom of said tubes together with means for driv- 4 ing said sprocket and rotating said container, while the vehicle upon which it is mounted, is in motion.

2. A flange oiler consisting of an oil container in combination with a chain having a portion thereof passing through the lower portion of said container and having another portion thereof forming a loop below the bottom of said container, meansfor rotating said container and means for driving said chain.

3. In a flange oiler of the class described, the

combination of an oil container having means 7 for rocking same on a vertical axis, a chain having a portion thereof extending into the container, and another portion thereof extending below the bottom of said container, a sprocket wheel engaging said chain in a manner to drive same and means for simultaneously rocking said container and driving said chain.

WILLIAM E. BURRELL.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name 7 Date Baird Dec. 4, 1906 McDill June 9, 1925 FOREIGN PATENTS Country 7 Date 7 France Nov. 17, 1924 Number Number 

